hanker

英 [ˈhæŋkə(r)]

美 [ˈhæŋkər]

v. 渴望，渴求(某事物)

现在分词：hankering　过去式：hankered　复数：hankers　过去分词：hankered　第三人称单数：hankers　

TEM8

BNC.22119 / COCA.30477

牛津词典

verb

渴望，渴求（某事物）
to have a strong desire for sth
1. He had hankered after fame all his life.
  他一生追求名望。
2. She hankered to go back to Australia.
  她渴望回到澳大利亚。

柯林斯词典

VERB 渴望;热望
If youhanker aftersomething, you want it very much.
1. I hankered after a floor-length brown suede coat.
  我渴望有一件长及脚跟的棕色绒面革大衣。

英英释义

verb

desire strongly or persistently
Synonym:longyearn

双语例句

What did you hanker after most when you were in prison?
你在监狱时最渴望的是什么？
IF YOU hanker after the idealistic spirit of international co-operation, talk to the boss of an emerging-market multinational.
如果你渴望跨国合作的理想主义精神，那么你和跨国新兴市场的老板就有的聊了。
He does hanker for the regular free-form meetings he used to have with Fed officials, sitting round for hours and talking about whatever interested him that day.
他的确怀念与美联储官员经常进行的自由式会议，大家围坐在一起几个小时，讨论他那一天感兴趣的任何内容。
The more they receive, the more they want. They will never be satisfied.; hanker for more; Having got Gansu, he aspires after Sichuan.; Much will have more.
他们得陇望蜀，永远无法使他们心满意足。
I often hanker after a little peace and respite from confusion, but it is really hard to come by.
我常想在纷扰中寻出一点闲静来，然而委实不容易。
But while British women may wish for the 47-year-old's youthful, toned figure, it seems they do not hanker after her toyboy husband, 31-year-old Ashton Kutcher.
尽管英国女性也许渴望拥有像这个47岁的女星那样年轻、健美的身材，但她们似乎对她的小老公&31岁的阿什顿·库彻并不感兴趣。
They also hanker for advisers to provide a customised, disciplined investment process similar to what most large institutions command.
他们还渴望顾问们能提供类纪律严明的定制投资程序，就像多数大型机构提供的那样。
Only lazybones and mediocre persons could hanker after the days of messing together.
只有懒汉庸才才会留恋那大锅饭的年代。
We all hanker for things that we shouldn't have too much of like ice cream and chocolate or other things that are even worse for body and soul.
我们常常渴望得到一些不应该拥有太多的东西，例如冰淇淋和巧克力，又或是一些更有损身心的东西。
I don't hanker after squirrel meat.
我不喜欢吃松鼠肉。